https://contemporaryracism.org/3085/psychological-parasites/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Thu, 05 May 2016 00:01:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/3085/psychological-parasites/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Thu, 05 May 2016 00:01:12 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=3085#comment-702 The way that the racist history of America has been so embedded into macro and micro institutions is very troubling, and thinking about changing the way that race relations are in this country is a daunting task. In my opinion, the most important way to change these patterns is to start with your own self. When discussing Alexander’s first chapter in The New Jim Crow in class, we talked about the way that White people sat back and accepted the horrible torturing of Black people during slavery. However, the same thing happens today in a different form; Black people are brutally mistreated by police, locked behind bars, and killed every single day. The truths of American history should not be so hidden, but the White people at the top of the American hierarchy that are aware of these truths have a responsibility to make changes in their own lives and go on to educate others. I believe that the culmination of positive individual actions is what has the power to break the cycle.

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